Pontiac club competes in 7-8-year-old tourney

Pontiac’s 7-8-year-old All-Stars went 2-3 in tournament play at Mazon recently. Despite the record, Pontiac’s offense was clicking with 136 base hits in the five games.

Pontiac opened with a 19-12 loss to Mazon despite 20 hits. Henry Brummel had three hits, including a triple and double. Keegan Foster and Sam Edinger also had three hits apiece and Dakota Ackerman doubled twice.

Dwight topped Pontiac 20-13 in the second game. Eleven batters had two hits for the Chief City stars, including Seth Branscum with two doubles.

Pontiac turned things around with an 18-15 win over Gardner-South Wilmington. Branscum had two more doubles among his three hits. Edinger, Brummel, Jack Bertsche, Drew Wayman and Michael Kuska also had three hits in the game.

A 19-10 win over Seneca gave Pontiac a chance at registering a winning record. Wayman had four base hits while six others had three hits. Edinger and Christopher Corrigan each had two doubles among their three safeties.

The tourney ended with an 18-12 loss to Dwight. Edinger and Brummel each had doubles and a single while Hunter Melvin also had a trio of safeties. Branscum tripled and doubled.

For the tournament, Henry Brummel and Sam Edinger led the offense with 14 base hits each. Brummel had five doubles and a triple and Edinger’s hits included six doubles. Michael Kuska stroked 12 safeties that included three two-baggers and Jack Bertsche (one double), Hunter Melvin (two doubles) and Drew Wayman (one double) had 11 hits each.

Ethan Isenberg had nine singles and a double and Christopher Corrigan collected five two-baggers and five singles. Seth Branscum had nine hits that included six doubles and a triple while Keegan Foster had eight singles and a double. Riley Hendren had eight hits, including a double, and Dakota Ackerman doubled four times and singled thrice. Kerr Bauman had seven hits and Brady Donovan had six hits.